My proclamation to the world- WARNING: may offend some people

The following is from an email that I got from a friend this week. It contains strong language and may possibly offend some people. So if you are easily offended- quit reading now. I just thought it defined me completely. With that said- I am not directing this or intending this to be for any certain person to read- just my proclamation to the world.



















BITCHOLOGY

When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a bitch.

When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch.

When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts or do things my own way, they call me a bitch.

Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's in my heart. It means I live my life MY way. It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.

When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak against it, I am defined as a bitch.

The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.

It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I 'should' be.

I am outspoken, opinionated and determined. I want what I want and there is nothing wrong with that!

So try to stomp on me, try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me. You won't succeed. And if that makes me a bitch , so be it. I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.



B - Babe
I- In
T - Total
C - Control of
H - Herself


B= Beautiful
I= Intelligent
T= Talented
C= Charming
H= Hell of a woman

B= Beautiful
I= Individual
T= That
C= Can
H= Handle anything

My new toys

My new favorite toys are Shark steam cleaners!! The first one is the steam mop and the second one is the all purpose steam cleaner. They are so fun and make cleaning easy! For any of you who watch Good Things Utah you know all about the pluses of cleaning with steam. I was so excited when I found these. I was just about to call Sargeant Steam and have them come clean my house top to bottom. Now I can do it myself and it is so FUN!!! They weren't too expensive either.

Crazy Hair Day

This week is red ribbon/drug week at our schools. Yesterday was Red Day- they were supposed to wear red. Today was Crazy Hair Day. Sekoya requested to have pigtails that poked straight out-Pippy Longstocking-ish. So I put pipe cleaners in her ponytails to give it support. Then her friend Hadyn did the same thing. I told them to be careful and not poke anybody's eye out with their hair. Ha Ha!!

The other pictures are from Saturday. The girls were playing dress up and wanted me to take their picture. Then they wanted to be the photographer. The crazy ones are them operating the camera.

Halleluiah

I am so excited that gas is now below $3.00 a gallon. I was beginning to think it would never happen for as long as I lived. We have been pushing $4.00 all summer long. And it has been dropping steadily for a week by about 5 cents a day! Makes you wonder about the pricing of gas! Now I can fill my Yukon for under $100!!!! Yahooo!!!

Long night

Last night was the longest night I have had in a long time. Katera had a really rough night. We put her to bed around eight. Then the battles started. This has been going on for a week now... we put her down and think she is asleep when she comes crawling up the stairs. We keep putting her back to bed several times and she keeps coming up every time. I finally have to go stand right by her door and hold the doorknob so she can't get out. Last night was the worst. She not only would not go to bed, but she was crying uncontrollably for at least two hours. It was getting so bad that we thought something might be wrong with her. She kept saying her belly hurt and would cringe, then her whole body would shake. We just kept rocking her and trying to be as loving and patient as you can with a child that is up three hours beyond bed time. Then her top lip started to swell. Jason was really concerned that something was wrong so we decided to head to the emergency room at about ten. I called my mom to come over and sit with Sekoya and we jumped in the car. By the time we got to the turn for the hospital Katera was sound asleep in Jason's arms. I didn't want to wake her up let alone walk into the emergency room with a sleeping child saying that there is something hurting her. Yeah right- they would think we were paranoid idiots. So we went back home and made her a bed on the floor by our bed where she slept soundly---- for about an hour. Then the crying and stuff started again for about another two hours. She finally fell asleep in our bed only when she could be touching both Jason and I. She slept fitfully and tossed and turned all night long. She woke up this morning and has been fine all day. I have come the the conclusion that she was having some major separation anxiety for some reason and was just throwing a big honkin' fit. As for her lip swelling... I don't know what that was. It has gone away. She went to bed tonight without fighting thank goodness. I could not do another night like last night.

What time is it?

Senior year on High School Musical 3!!

I can't ever hear that line and not think of the song from HSM2. I took Sekoya to see it yesterday. Can you believe it- it was actually in Richfield on opening day!!! And there wasn't even a crowd. I was surprised. After all the hype and build up for this I was a little disappointed. I think Sekoya was too. I agree with one of my friends on this- the dresses were quite skimpy and the love story was a bit too much. Considering that little girls are obsessed with this movie you would think they would do a better job of making the "role models" a little more wholesome. They did a great job on the songs and made much more of a production out of it than the other two. I would have preferred it to just be another Disney movie on the Disney channel. It was a good excuse for me to spend some one on one time with Sekoya though. Thanks to Daddy who stayed home with Katera and pruned the yards!!

Projects

Ok, so we got the countertops done then added knobs to finish it off. Now I have been working on staining our bathroom vanities. They were unfinished so I stained them a dark walnut color. Next is to build shelves in our storage room and get our yard pruned and ready for winter. I will be glad when all my projects are over and I can just enjoy my house!! The before pictures are before we owned the house with the other people's decorations.

Before picture of the bathroom

After picture

Before of the Kitchen

After pictures

Halloween Party

What started out as a small pizza/football night ended up being quite the Halloween party. Grandma Maridon invited us all over for pizza and football. Then Melissa decided it would be fun to decorate cupcakes and carve pumpkins. I'm glad she is good at spontaneity because it turned out to be really fun. She baked the cupcakes and Mark and JaLee provided the pumpkins--we just showed up! Mark took JaLee out to dinner for her birthday--HAPPY BIRTHDAY JALEE!! Then they came back in time to carve the pumpkins. I think the adults did more of the carving than the kids did. The kids had mixed feelings about sticking their hands in the gooey pumpkins to pull out all the seeds. Some liked it and others didn't. They did a great job on their cupcakes- if you like mounds of frosting! They were really proud of them. It was a really fun night! I will post pictures as soon as Maridon email's me some since I forgot my camera.

Jasmine

Meet the newest "member" of our family......

And we didn't find her, she found us! When we moved in to our house she was just hanging around. After questioning all the neighbors we found out she didn't belong to anybody. Sekoya begged and begged to keep her. I didn't really want to have her get too attached to it in case it ran away like our kitty did last year at this same time. But she was always there when we called her so I let Sekoya name her and we bought some cat food. She is the sweetest kitty I have ever seen. She is so calm and will let the girls pick her up and maul her to death without scratching them. Katera just loves to chase her and try to catch her. I am really not much of an animal lover, but we do love this kitty! While we were gone to Disneyland Grandma Maridon called us and told us that she was hurt pretty bad. Jason was even worried about her. Our good friend took her home to her house and let her stay inside all week while we were gone and she healed up really good. So it looks like we are now animal owners.

Deer Hunt

After driving all day on Friday to get home from California Jason turned around and took off again. This time with the four wheeler in the back of his truck and headed for the Dutton to go deer hunting. He went with our good friends the Blacks. He shot a nice little four point opening morning and was home Sunday afternoon. I am glad he got one quick. For some reason I really hate it when he is gone hunting. It doesn't bother me so much when it is work.

While he was hunting Morgan and Melissa finished putting the color on our new countertops and I went with my girls to the pumpkin patch with Melissa and kids. Yes, we did some remodeling on this house too. The countertops in the kitchen were horrendous so we called on Morgan to work his magic. And they turned out great!! I still can't put anything on them while the epoxy is hardening. Before and after pictures to come.

Disneyland Day 3

Disneyland!!

We left home on Sunday the 12th after church. We drove to Las Vegas to split the ride up a little bit. I have been dreading this ride for months since Katera is such a horrible traveler. I have tried everything with her- even dramamine to make her sleep. Nothing works. The girls did great on the drive to Vegas. Katera only had one little melt down right before St. George because she was hungry. We left Vegas early Monday morning for the second half of our drive. The girls did great on this one too. Thank goodness for movies and portable DVD players. It's a good thing that Katera finally decided she likes to watch movies. Her favorites right now are Ant (The Ant Bully), Nescessities (Jungle Book), Brother Bear, and anything with Barbie in it. Once we got to our hotel in California Jason went to go see a customer so I took the girls swimming. The pool was a little chilly and FILTHY!! There were so many bugs and leaves floating around it made me sick! So as soon as I could drag the kids out of it I did. We ate at the Cheesecake Factory this night. SO SO SO yummy! And the girls ate great too. We wandered around the Disney shopping area after dinner and bought Sekoya her autograph book for all the characters. There were so many toys and stuff, but Sekoya didn't whine about buying any of it! Yay! Since it would be forgotten about minutes after we bought it. Tuesday morning was our first day in the park. We got there right when it opened and spent almost the whole day there. We took a short break late in the afternoon for a nap and dinner and then went right back until closing time. Grandma Sindy and Grandpa Mike met us for dinner and Grandma gets to spend the rest of the time at the park with us. Sekoya's favorite ride of the day was the Finding Nemo ride. It was really awesome! I think Katera would probably agree with her sister. She doesn't like all the rides that get really dark. She keeps crying and saying SCARY, SCARY. But they aren't scary, it's Peter Pan's Flight, Pinochio's Daring Adventure, Roger Rabbit's ride, etc. She just doesn't like the dark and not knowing what is going to come at her. By the time we took her on Pirate's and the Haunted Mansion she was a little more used to it. We spent a good amount of time at the Princess Fantasy Faire. We got their faces painted and had story time with Belle. More to come, but gotta get back to riding rides.